Moonfall

To be honest, after all of the heavy content that I watched all alone in my living room during the Sundance Film Festival this year I was really looking forward to a ridiculous disaster movie on an IMAX screen in a crowded theater with a big tub of popcorn.  I certainly got all of that with Moonfall last night!  The moon has been knocked out of its orbit for reasons and is now on a collision course with Earth.  Also for reasons, the only way to save the Earth from certain doom is to send NASA Deputy Director Jocinda "Jo" Fowler (Halle Berry), disgraced astronaut Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), and conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley) into space on a decommissioned space shuttle retrieved from a museum in order to detonate an EMP device in the center of the moon.  Finally, for reasons, Harper's estranged son Sonny (Charlie Plummer) must race against time to get Jo's son Jimmy and his caregiver Michelle (Kelly Yu) to safety while Jo's ex-husband General Doug Davidson (Eme Ikwuakor) must take drastic measures to stop the military from launching nuclear weapons at the moon.  Let's just say that none of the reasons involve actual science, logic, or common sense!  The entire premise is completely preposterous, with an absolutely bonkers third act, and most of the dialogue is cringe worthy but there are some great visual effects and I would be lying if I said I didn't have a lot of fun watching this.  If you are a fan of Roland Emmerich's other disaster movies you will probably enjoy it, too.  I recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible with as many people as possible with the biggest tub of popcorn possible.